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William J. Trent
1910–1993
William Johnson Trent Jr. (1910–1993) was an African-American economist, non-profit director and civil rights activist from North Carolina.
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William Jacob Knox Jr.
1904–1995
William Jacob Knox Jr. (January 5, 1904 - July 9, 1995) was an American chemist at Columbia University in New York City and one of the African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project. Knox held an unprecedented position, serving as the…
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Medicine & Health
William John Henry Booker
1882–1921
William John Henry Booker, M.D. (April 29, 1882 – August 24, 1921) was a prominent African-American physician situated in Oxford, North Carolina.
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Literature
William Julius Wilson
1935–
William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935) is an American sociologist, a professor emeritus at Harvard University, and an author of works on urban sociology, race, and class issues. Laureate of the National Medal of Science, he served as the 80th…
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Energy
William Kamkwamba
Invented at age 14
Kamkwamba studied library books and assembled discarded parts into a working windmill in rural Malawi. His teenage invention shows how practical learning and persistence can help a community.
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William L. Wilson
Biography
William L. Wilson is an American chemist. He serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at Harvard University. At Bell Labs, Wilson collaborated with 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awardees, Louis Brus and Moungi Bawendi, in…
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Medicine & Health
William Lane Watkins
1852–1929
William Lane Watkins (1852-1929) was an African American physician and schoolteacher. He practiced medicine and was the teacher and principal of Mt. Nebo School for Colored Children in Prince George's County, Maryland, and was the first black man to…
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Engineering
William Lanson
Biography
William Lanson (born c. 1776-1782; died 1851) was an African-American man of New Haven, Connecticut remembered as an engineer and builder, and as a leader of New Haven’s African-American community. Lanson built nearly 1500 feet of New Haven’s Long Wharf in…
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William M. Hampton
?–1960
Dr. William M. Hampton (died 1960) was an American physician and politician from North Carolina. In 1951, Hampton became the first African-American elected to the Greensboro, North Carolina City Council. He was re-elected in 1953. Hampton was born in New…
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William M. Jackson
1936–
William Morgan Jackson (born September 24, 1936) is a Distinguished Research and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Davis and pioneer in the field of astrochemistry. His work considers cometary astrochemistry and the development…
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William Montague Cobb
1904–1990
William Montague Cobb (1904–1990) was an American board-certified physician and a physical anthropologist. As the first African-American Ph.D. in anthropology, and the only one until after the Korean War, his main focus in the anthropological discipline…
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William Moore
1941–2020
William Earl Moore (1941 - 10 December 2020) was an American chemist. He was the first African American to graduate from Purdue University with a PhD in chemistry. Moore was a faculty member at Southern University for more than three decades.
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Inventions
William N. Alsbrook
1916–1998
William Noel Alsbrook, Sr. (January 31, 1916 – January 5, 1998) was an American inventor and combat fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or "Schwartze Vogelmenschen" ("Black…
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Biography & Culture
William Plummer
1873–1943
William M. Plummer (1873–1943) was an African American cabinetmaker and inventor from Smyth County, Virginia. His decorative work is part of both the tradition of American decorative arts and of African American folk art.
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William R. Spaulding
1924–2021
William Ridley Spaulding (June 15, 1924 – November 1, 2021) was an American politician during the 1970s and 1980s who, running as a Democrat, was elected one of the original members of the Council of the District of Columbia in the aftermath of Washington,…
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William S. Willis
1921–1983
William Shedrick Willis Jr. (July 11, 1921 – August 8, 1983) was an ethnohistorian and an early pioneer in African American anthropology. He is best known for his publication of "Skeletons in the Anthropological Closet".
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Medicine & Health
William Samuel Quinland
1885–1953
William Samuel Quinland (October 12, 1885 – April 6, 1953) was an American pathologist. He was the first African-American to be admitted to the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and to the American Board of Pathology.
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William Schieffelin Claytor
1908–1967
William Schieffelin Claytor (January 4, 1908 – July 14, 1967) was an American mathematician specializing in topology. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, where his father was a dentist. He was the third African-American to receive a PhD. in mathematics, and…
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William Tebeau
1925–2013
William Henry Tebeau (November 23, 1925 – July 5, 2013) in 1948 became the first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State College (OSU). He was an engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for 36 years. A residence hall at OSU…
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Music
William Turk
1866–1911
William Turk (1866 – 1911) was an American ragtime pianist. He was reputably so obese that he could not put his left hand in front of his stomach, so he invented techniques playing with his left hand to the side. Eubie Blake claimed to have heard Turk…
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William Warrick Cardozo
1905–1962
William Warrick Cardozo (1905–1962) was a private physician and pediatrician who also served as an instructor at the Howard University College of Medicine and as a school medical inspector for the District of Columbia Board of Health. He is best known for…
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Culture
William Wright
1827–1908
William Wright (July 2, 1827 – 1908) was a Canadian physician, academic and Anglican curate. He is considered to be Canada's first black medical doctor.
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Willie Hobbs Moore
1934–1994
Willie Hobbs Moore (May 23, 1934 – March 14, 1994) was an African American physicist and engineer. She is the first African American woman to earn a PhD in physics.
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Willie Mae Young Hart
1915–2017
Willie Mae Young Hart (1915–2017) was an American nurse and civil rights activist in Portland, Oregon.
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